deyja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

deyja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative dó, third-person plural past indicative dóu, supine dáið)

  1. (intransitive) to die
    Synonyms: andast, sálast, fá bana, látast, (archaic) deyja burt, sofna svefninum langa, sofna hinsta svefni
    Hún dó úr krabbameini. ― She died of cancer.
    Hundruð manna dóu úr hor. ― Hundreds died of hunger.
    Við munum öll deyja! ― We are all going to die!
    Að deyja úr kulda. ― To die from exposure.
  2. (intransitive) to pass out from drinking
  3. (intransitive, of fire) to go out
    Synonym: slokkna
  4. (intransitive, nautical, of the ocean) to calm down, to subside
    Synonyms: stillast, lygna
  5. (intransitive, of grass) to wither
    Synonyms: falla, sölna

Conjugation

deyja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að deyja
supine
(sagnbót) 		dáið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		deyjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég dey við deyjum present
(nútíð) 		ég deyi við deyjum
þú deyrð þið deyið þú deyir þið deyið
hann, hún, það deyr þeir, þær, þau deyja hann, hún, það deyi þeir, þær, þau deyi
past
(þátíð) 		ég dó við dóum past
(þátíð) 		ég dæi við dæjum
þú dóst þið dóuð þú dæir þið dæjuð
hann, hún, það dó þeir, þær, þau dóu hann, hún, það dæi þeir, þær, þau dæju
imperative
(boðháttur) 		dey (þú) deyið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
deyðu deyiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
deyjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að deyjast
supine
(sagnbót) 		dáist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		deyjandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég deyst við deyjumst present
(nútíð) 		ég deyist við deyjumst
þú deyst þið deyist þú deyist þið deyist
hann, hún, það deyst þeir, þær, þau deyjast hann, hún, það deyist þeir, þær, þau deyist
past
(þátíð) 		ég dóst við dóumst past
(þátíð) 		ég dæist við dæjumst
þú dóst þið dóust þú dæist þið dæjust
hann, hún, það dóst þeir, þær, þau dóust hann, hún, það dæist þeir, þær, þau dæjust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		deyst (þú) deyist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
deystu deyisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
dáinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		dáinn dáin dáið dánir dánar dáin
accusative
(þolfall) 		dáinn dána dáið dána dánar dáin
dative
(þágufall) 		dánum dáinni dánu dánum dánum dánum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		dáins dáinnar dáins dáinna dáinna dáinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		dáni dána dána dánu dánu dánu
accusative
(þolfall) 		dána dánu dána dánu dánu dánu
dative
(þágufall) 		dána dánu dána dánu dánu dánu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		dána dánu dána dánu dánu dánu

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dawjaną, whence also English die, Old High German touwen.

Verb

deyja (singular past indicative dó, plural past indicative dó, past participle dáinn)

  1. to die
    • 800s, Hávamál, verse 76
      Deyr fé, / deyja frændr,
      deyr sjalfr it sama,
      en orðstírr / deyr aldregi,
      hveim er sér góðan getr.
      Cattle die, / kinsmen die;
      the self dies the same.
      But a word-glory / never dies
      for him, who a good one gets.

Conjugation

Conjugation of deyja — active (strong class 6)
infinitive deyja
present participle deyjandi
past participle dáinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular dey dó
2nd-person singular deyr dótt
3rd-person singular deyr dó
1st-person plural deyjum dóm
2nd-person plural deyið dóð
3rd-person plural deyja dó
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular deyja dǿa
2nd-person singular deyir dǿir
3rd-person singular deyi dǿi
1st-person plural deyim dǿim
2nd-person plural deyið dǿið
3rd-person plural deyi dǿi
imperative present
2nd-person singular dey
1st-person plural deyjum
2nd-person plural deyið
Conjugation of deyja — mediopassive (strong class 6)
infinitive deyjask
present participle deyjandisk
past participle dáizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular deyjumk dómk
2nd-person singular deysk dózk
3rd-person singular deysk dósk
1st-person plural deyjumsk dómsk
2nd-person plural deyizk dózk
3rd-person plural deyjask dósk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular deyjumk dǿumk
2nd-person singular deyisk dǿisk
3rd-person singular deyisk dǿisk
1st-person plural deyimsk dǿimsk
2nd-person plural deyizk dǿizk
3rd-person plural deyisk dǿisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular deysk
1st-person plural deyjumsk
2nd-person plural deyizk

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Descendants

References

  • “deyja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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